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In the Crosshairs: Untangling the Legal Landscape on LGBTQ+ Workplace Rights Under Title VII

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The EEOC recently updated its workplace harassment enforcement guidance to reflect a Texas federal court ruling that found the Biden-era EEOC had overstepped its authority by requiring bathroom, dress, and pronoun...more

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Federal Court Strikes Down Key Portions of EEOC Harassment Guidance

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On May 15, a Texas federal court vacated portions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, concluding that the agency’s expanded interpretation of “sex”...more

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EEOC Issues Annual Report, Faces Future in Flux

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On January 17, 2024, just days before the new presidential term began, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published its annual performance report for the preceding Fiscal Year 2024. The Report highlights a year...more

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Are Transgender and Non-Binary Employees Being Erased from Workplace Policies?

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Due to growing awareness and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, the public has slowly begun to accept transgender individuals and those who do not identify as a man or a woman (non-binary). On his first day in...more

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EEOC Encourages Victims and Witnesses of Harassment at Mariscos El Puerto and La Catrina to Come Forward

Employees Should Contact Federal Agency if They May Have Been Subjected to or Witnessed Harassment - LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages victims of or witnesses to sexual...more

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Fremont Contractor to Settle EEOC Harassment Charge

Federal Investigation Found Transgender Construction Worker Faced Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation and Constructive Discharge - OAKLAND, Calif. – Fremont-based contractor Superior Automatic Sprinkler Company has...more

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EEOC Updates Workplace Harassment Guidelines

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For the first time in 25 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. Employers should review existing anti-harassment policies and trainings...more

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EEOC Finalizes Long-Awaited Workplace Harassment Enforcement Guidance

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its long-awaited final guidance on harassment in the workplace on April 29, 2024, several months following its released proposed guidance in September, which we...more

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues Final Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued final guidance on workplace harassment. The guidance is effective immediately and is the first time the EEOC has updated its workplace harassment...more

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EEOC Publishes Guidance on Harassment In The Workplace

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On April 29, 2024, the EEOC published its “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance updates and replaces the EEOC’s prior guidance documents, discusses the Supreme Court’s 2020...more

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EEOC Sues Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove for Multiple Forms of Harassment

Workplace Allowed Offensive Conduct Related to Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Disability, Federal Agency Charges - MINNEAPOLIS – R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of...more

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EEOC Sues Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees

Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Male Employees, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU – A Honolulu restaurant and its outsourced human resources company violated federal law by subjecting male employees to sexual...more

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The Employment Law Reporter- July 9, 2020

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Welcome to the Summer 2020 issue of The Employment Law Reporter. This inaugural issue of this quarterly newsletter first reviews the landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinion in which the Court ruled that an employer that fires an...more

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EEOC's New priorities, Plus FY19 Stats

Almost all good news for employers. DHILLON'S FIVE PRIORITIES- Janet Dhillon, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued her priorities for the year 2020, and employers ought to like most of them: ...more

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[Podcast]: The Employment Law Landscape in 2019

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Evandro Gigante and associate Arielle Kobetz discuss the labor and employment landscape in 2019, including some significant laws set to go into effect this year, as well as...more

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Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2018

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It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more

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The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Newsletter

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Welcome to the second edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some key employment trends, in-depth discussions regarding recent developments and what...more

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The State Of Play For Retaliation Claims

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It has been two years since the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its enforcement guidance on retaliation and related issues in late August 2016. Since that time, the country elected a new...more

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Malcolm S. Gerald & Associates to Pay $25,000 To Settle EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

Collection Company Subjected Employee to Harassment Based on His Sexual Orientation, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - An Illinois collection agency will pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment...more

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Two Guys Walk into a Wine Bar… Not a Joke as Another Court Recognizes Claim for Harassment Based on Sexual Orientation

I have told clients for years that they ignore claims based on sexual orientation at their peril, and another court is backing me up. An Arizona federal district court just ordered a wine bar to pay real money ($100,000) to...more

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II-25 – Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Employers in 2018

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From federal agency changes to anticipated developments in sexual harassment, paid leave, overtime, and marijuana use, this episode of Employment Law Now provides ten issues that employers should resolve to understand in the...more

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Bojangles’ To Pay $15,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Transgender Employee Subjected to Gender Identity Harassment Then Fired for Reporting, Federal Agency Charged - RALEIGH, N.C. - Bojangles' Restaurants Inc., a North Carolina corporation operating a chain of fast food...more

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Rocky Mountain Casing Crews to Pay $70,000 For Sexual Harassment

North Dakota Company Subjected Male Employee to Hostile Work Environment Because of His Sex and Sexual Orientation, Federal Agency Charged - MINNEAPOLIS - Rocky Mountain Casing Crews (RMCC), a Wyoming company that...more

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District Court Awards Punitive Damages In Sex-Based Harassment EEOC Suit

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In E.E.O.C. v. Scott Medical Health Center, P.C. No. CV 16-225, 2017 WL 5493975, at *2 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 16, 2017), a default judgement of liability was entered against the defendant company for sex-based...more

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Oklahoma jury awards transgender employee $1.165 million

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The courts, the Department of Justice, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hold differing views on whether Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or sexual identity....more

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